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At the Council meeting meeting Russia vetoed the resolution on sanctions against Mali, RIA Novosti reported.
The initiators of the resolution were France and the United Arab Emirates. He expects a one-year extension of the sanctions against this African country. At the same time, the resolution was supported by all other members of the UN Security Council, with the exception of China, which abstained. The committee of the UN Security Council that monitors how sanctions are applied and also determines which persons to put on the sanctions list.
Sanctions regime against Mali includes an asset freeze and travel ban for those who, according to the expert opinion group, are obstructing the implementation of the 2015 peace agreement. final period” as well as the suspension of the work of the “group of experts » Sanctions Committee.